Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5546795
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Obsidio St. Geertruydenbergae
Artist
Year
1649
Print run
Signed
Publisher
Dimensions
44,3 x 56,9
Printing office
Details

Map of the siege and conquest of Geertruidenberg by the States army under Prince Maurits from 28 March to 26 June 1593. Below right the city, the closed harbor and the camp of Prince Maurits. Left the equestrian quarter and the army camp of Mansfeld near Waspik. Bottom left the legend 1-31 in Dutch. Copper engraving appeared in the famous City Book "Toonneel der stad van de vereenighde Nederlanden, with their descriptions", published by Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1649.

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